I think it's natural for someone struggling toward an objective to accept
resources from wherever. A useful example is the Templeton Foundation's
funding. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Templeton_Foundation They fund
some cool stuff, e.g. https://u.osu.edu/friedman.8/. But the TF's religi
from. Better have more
>> non-wacko people with the same skills to balance things out. Sure, there
>> is herd behavior in all kinds of people, even the science-policy elites in
>> Washington. Is there some harm being done by them other than to direct
>> money in a wo
y obvious that our technology has exceeded our
humanity." - Albert Einstein
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Yep. One of my homunculi does
On 10/12/2017 03:25 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote:
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>> The Grandfather Of Alt-Science
>> https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-grandfather-of-alt-science/
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> Like upsides to global warming, perhaps there are benefits to the
> irrationality of scientists, like Robinson's and others'.
> It sug
ecome appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our
humanity." - Albert Einstein
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Yep. One of
x predator of the signaling world."
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> Cute, know it well.
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&g
"Apex predator of the signaling world."
Cute, know it well.
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I know. I just thought it was an i
I know. I just thought it was an interesting post. That we'd recently
discussed Feynman was only a segue. I could also have used Russell as the
segue, since Marcus quoted him in our thread.
The 1st part of Aaronson's post re: Gowers is more interesting than the later
stuff.
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Since we recently went 'round about quoting and criticizing people who quote
Feynman, I thought this would be interesting.
https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=
Since we recently went 'round about quoting and criticizing people who quote
Feynman, I thought this would be interesting.
https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=3488
> if you write, for example, that Richard Feynman was a self-aggrandizing
> chauvinist showboater, then even if your remarks have
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